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708 This message-stick was sent when all the tribe was to be collected for great meetings, ceremonial fights, or the Bora ceremonies.

The messenger was painted in a particular manner, was decked with feathers, and carried, when calling a Bora, in addition to the Kabugabul-bajeru, a bull-roarer (Bribbun), and a spear, to the point of which is attached a bag containing